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Atlantic Technological University (ATU) – Donegal Letterkenny Campus

CoLab

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CoLab is an on-campus incubation, research and enterprise centre supporting entrepreneurs at every stage of their business development.

The centre is equipped to provide the highest possible standard of infrastructural support including: 100Mbps upload/download broadband provision, VoIP telephony into all units, video conferencing, flexible access through an electronic swipe-key system and wireless broadband throughout.

Project Kelvin provides high-capacity international links to the North American continent and Europe, at rates which are guaranteed by contract to be amongst the most attractive in Ireland/UK. CoLab has direct access to diverse Kelvin Infrastructure and services via the Letterkenny MAN.

CoLab is home to around 30 businesses, employing 120 people. It currently covers 2,400m², which is being extended to 4,000m² under the North West Regional Science Park (NWRSP) scheme – due for completion in June 2015.

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PROGRAMME APPLICANTS SINCE 2011
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COUNTIES IN THE LETTERKENNY CATCHMENT AREA
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FEMALE ENTREPRENEUR PARTICIPANTS TO DATE

What’s on offer?

24 high-spec units of 25m² – 100m², 10 hot desks, two meeting rooms, training rooms, a lecture room and conference room, canteen and shared reception services. 24/7 access and dedicated parking.

Research units, IT infrastructure, communal networking area, concept desk space and easy-in-easy-out licence terms.

Access to an on-site support team, the latest telecoms technology, best practice workshops, spin-out companies and graduates from LYIT.

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The team

The New Frontiers Programme Manager at Atlantic Technological University (ATU) – Letterkenny Campus is Geraldine Beirne. Geraldine has spent over 20 years helping startups and growing businesses, giving her an in-depth knowledge of Ireland’s enterprise landscape. With a BSc in Management and a Diploma in International Marketing, Geraldine worked in both multinational and indigenous Irish businesses before joining the Local Enterprise Office Offaly in 2000.

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New Frontiers Administrator

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Patsy Donaghey

CoLab Centre Manager

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“When starting my business, I found out very quickly that having technical knowledge is not everything. You need a very broad skill set, which the programme introduced me to – important skills such as sales, marketing, finance and business planning. It has been a great help to us growing our business.”

David Gildea, Druva

“New Frontiers has given me the key knowledge, skills and confidence to develop my start-up into a successful, scaling business. Coming from the creative industries, New Frontiers changed my business and my life for the better. It will remain the best choice I made as an entrepreneur.”

Laura McDowell, Papertree

“When starting my business, I found out very quickly that having technical knowledge is not everything. You need a very broad skill set, which the programme introduced me to - important skills such as sales, marketing, finance and business planning. It has been a great help to us growing our business.”

David Gildea, Cloud Ranger

“If there’s a faster way to gather the skills and connections required to make a business idea into reality than New Frontiers - I’d like to see it. We really feel it was six months well spent.”

Matt Griffiths, Vaerial Industrial Environmental Compliance

Notable alumni

  • David Gildea, CloudRanger – cloud task scheduler
  • Kathryn Leslie, Docalista – marketing platform for clinical entrepreneurs
  • Kevin Boylan, Firecloud365 – fire safety management in public buildings
  • Brendan Toner, Audit International – international recruitment
  • Charlie Boyle, Customer Service Excellence Ireland – recognition programme

Alumni news

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Creams and oils aimed at the outdoor sports market

Michaela Esperjesiova came to the north west to try out surfing but loved it so much that she stayed and founded her own startup, The Ocean Apothecary. Read more about her story on independent.ie.

Bridging the gap in tacit learning associated with remote working

Slick+ is a user-friendly video creation tool that taps into the knowledge already in people’s heads and lets them share skills, organisational insights, job know-how and in-house ways of doing things with their colleagues. Read the profile on irishtimes.com.

This is the right time! Register your interest in New Frontiers and a Programme Manager will be in touch to guide you through the application process.

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